The Sun. — London, England, 1838-02-08 00:00:00

SPIRIT;.-OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS The elbieet introduced to the House of Commons by C' e svotain Boldero last Tuesday night is one of much ir - e psetence, and is also connected with other questions 'of still higher moment. The Hon. and Gallant Offi cer, after a short speech explanatory of his views and objects, moved for a return of " the number of desert ers from her Majesty's troops stationed in the Canadas between the years 1830 and 1837." It was plain, from the course of this'. Gallant Officer's observations, that he made the motion which concluded them less for the sake of exposing to the public the number of deserters in the Canadas, than for the opportunity it afforded him of describing the temptations by which British soldiers were led to abandon their country's service, tompared with the inadequate inducements held out to them for remaining in it, and of sw,gesting to those in power the expediency of rAnnexing such advantages to long-continued service as should appear to the soldier an ample let-off against the bribes which have heretofore betrayed him into a violation of his military oath and duty. It was stated truly by Captain Bolder°, confirmed afterwards by Captain Wood, Member for Middlesex, and shabbily shuffled out of by Lord Howick, who for the sins and ruin of the British army has been Secretary at War, with a scat in the Cabinet, during nearly the last three years—it was, we say, stated by Captain Bolder°, that while labour was high, and land easily attainable, throughout Canada, as well as the whole of North America, thus offering a double bait to all who might be disposed to accept either portion of it, the British soldier had no prospect before him but a miserable pension of 6d. per diem, after twenty or twenty-five years' waste of health, and strength, and 1 life, in all regio ns o f th e g l o b e , an d under e„ i ex . tremes of climate, if, indeed, any hur:atn constitu tion can stand such a terrible series of trials. Lord Howick 'had the assurdnce to tell the House of Commons, that the a .atements of the two gallant officers were unfounded, because 6d. per diem to the disc:l:aged soldier was the " lowest rate of pension." Mighty well. But how came 6d. a-day to be any Tate of pension at all? How came these callous pinch-poor \\l- l i ge , to cut down the ordinary rate of the soldier's pension from ls. per day, after twenty .five years' service, to 6(1., which is now, and has teen during the whole of Lord Howick's War Secretaryship, the " ordinary rate" of pension, —equal to 91. 2s. 6d. per annum fora broken-down, worn-out, human being, without enough of hand or heart left in him to earn a day's meal by work ? If 6d. be the " lowest" rate of pension:fer the soldier:discharged after twenty-five y ears ' serv i ce, we desire to learn from Vis count Howick what proportion of the soldiers to be turned out upon the world after that fearful period (for none can yet have been put on the starvation list un der Sir J. C. Hobhouse 's warrant)--how many of them arelikely ever to obtain a s i ng l e f art hi ng more t h an the " lowest rate" of pension ? Is not 6d. a day the only pension they have to look to with any thing like a certainty, or even a probability, we might say a moral possibility, of ever being so favoured as to en joy it under almost any circumstances ? A soldier may, by a course of conduct more blameless, more exemplary, more fortunate in repelling slander, more fortunate in escaping the caprice of superiors, more pure and spotless, and consummate in its resistance to all seduction, as to all provocation, than belongs to the nature of human beings --a soldier, we repeat, raised above human passion and infirmity, may per chance, by especial favour of such beneficent screw drivers as Lord Howick, have a grand addition of 3d, nay, sunder some peculiar conjunction of the planets, an addition of 6d. per day affixed to his name on the list of military pensions ; but whether the service of the Army, or the Church, or the State, will ever be rich or frequent in the production of such moral phenomena is what we shall not five to decide, nor is Lord Howick the man to illustrate such rates by his example. No, the whole affair is paltry, the whole manoeuvre is dirty and hollow-hearted. It is false to the; soldier, the Sovereign, and the realm. Sixpence t-day for the old age of an Englishman, whose youth ful blood has flowed in torrents, whose vigorous frame has melted into feebleness, for the defence and protec tion of his country, is a scanty, a scandalous remune ration. It is one unworthy of any but Whig jobbers— themselves plunderers ad libitum of this hoodwinked people. The Marines, of which corps the rank and file have many disproportionate advantages over the army (though far, we admit, from being more than they merit), wejoy at this hour, or did very lately, a shilling per day, Vls their "lowest" rate of pension. Why should the army be so much worse off than the Marines ? Lord Howick talks glibly of " modifications" which lie has made in the pinch-pensioner warrant of the wealthy Whig, Sir John Hobhouse, who preceded him as Secretary at War. It is pretty notorious that Lord Howick has long since prepared another budget, of some what portentous " modifications" in the general con dition of the army, the main scope and purpose of which modifications is to wrest the army from the hands of the Crown, where the British Constitution and common sense have placed it, and to fasten his own unwholesome claw upon it, that he and his jobbing and greedy colleagues may pervert the mili tary service as they have done that of every other de partment in the State, to the grossest uses of the most profligate and nefarious corruption. This is is the true meaning of the Howick scheme for put ting the army under a " responsible" Minister. liespcnsible ! to what ? Why, to the misled inejority of the same House of Commons which maintains the said Lord Howick in his office The Long Parliament dragged the army into its meshes ; how long afterwards was it before its musketry was turned against th e Ki ng ? Th e army, before 1793, was in the hands of a " responsible . ' Minister. What sort of army was it ? Why, an ensign who got his vninmission in January, obtained his Lieutenant-colo neley before the 31st of December following. The Commander-in-Chief of the Army is now responsible to the - 'nly power by which he can be safely governed —viz., by the Sovereign on the throne ; which Sove reign is, of course, a watcher of public opinion, as represented by its constitutional organs. Tur n over the Horse-Gu ar d s t o L or d Howick, and we know whose cousins, to the tenth degree, will fill each successive pro motion. The proposal to recompence deserving soldiers by giants of land in our North American colonies is re commended by arguments, political and military, to which it seems to us that no solid answer can be made. Kindness, as well as justice, to the soldier himself-- economy as regards the revenue, and security derived from such an expedient to the possessions of the Bri tish Crown in that great but ill-protected portion of the empire, would each and all be served by providing this refuge for our retired soldiers, exacting as the price of his new property the obligation of defending it by arms. It scarcely requires more than the statement of such a plan to insure it the most favourable consi deration from the country, and, as doubtless future occasions will arise for a full developement of all its capabilities and attributes, we shall leave the subject for the present.— Times. The French Government has intimated its intention of adding ten or fifteen per cent. to the duty now le vied in France, on British linen-yarns, and of increas ing the de:ales on British linens, to forty or fifty per cent. In order to exclude British linen manufactures from every part of the Continent, as far as its power extends, the French Government has at the same time intimated to the Government of Belgium, that the ditties on Belgian yarns and linens imported into France, shall not be raised—provided the duties levied in Belgium on English linens shall be raised to the French level ! The result of these projected arrange ments, if they shall be carried into effect, will be, utter ruin to hundreds of British capitalists—a n d starvation to thousands of English artizans ! This is another ex quisite illustration of the value of our free-trade system ! The principles of our free-trade system point to cheap ness, as the greatest of social blessings —cheap ness of lab our , that is to say, and of all the products of labour. This cheapness is all gain to the moneyed classes —and to the idle consumers of society :—all loss to labourers, and producers of every kind is Unli mited co mpet i t i on w i t h mac hi ner y, and with lightly taxed, half- s t arve d f ore i gn l a b oure rs, the secret by which this economist-Commended cheapness is pro duced. But mark the consequences ! A system which leaves our labourers unprotected, or but slightly protected, front the competition of foreign producers, leaves us, to at least the same extent, dependent upon foreign constimers ? The whole tendency of the free trade system is to multiply beyond the powers of calculation, the influence of money ed men, and of idle consumers, over the other classes of society ; and, in so far as the consumption of producers is concerned, to substitute universally, bad customers for good ones I Let it be observed, that the clearness of British labour is the circumstance, against which, above all others, the political economists inveigh. Dear British labour ought in every possible case, according to the free-trade creed, to be replaced by cheap labour, whether British or foreign. And this change, the economists have the impudence to declare, is, in every case advantageous to producers I Yet, can any one fail to perceive, that to rcplee e high wages by ltA wages is to substitute poor customer% !rot' customers comparatively wealthy ? Such is the inevitable ten dency of free trades—such has been the uniform re sult of t l l . e system I The economists, for instance, te'.l us that in many branches of trade, British wages are too high to admit of successful competition with fo reigners ; and, therefore, we are told, we must lose the foreign market ! But if the suggestions of the econo mists be adopted, and the foreign market secured, is it not obvious, that by the very same process, the home-market (excepting that home market created by non-productive consumers) must he lost ? If the wages of British artisans are lowered to the continen tal level of wages, large classes of British producers must depend for a great portion of their returns on poorly-paid foreign and poorly-paid English la bourers—instead of depending t'n't these returns on highly remunerated labsr,Trers in this country I Let any practical ran determine, white;, kind of trade is themor:. wholesome ?A s f ree tra d e extends--as com petition with machinery and with foreign producers in- ' creases—the power of English labourers to consume the products of their own industry lessens. Man chester supplies all the world with cottons ; and the poor cotton-spinners themselves are in rags I The silk-weavers of England produce fabrics of ex quisite texture ; and in requital for sixteen hours of daily toil, the free-trade system allots to tens of thou sands of them, two-pence halfpenny. There are not in England, any classes of men more industrious or more ingenious than the silk-weavers and the cotton spinners. There are not, in Europe, perhaps, two classes of men who consume so little of the pro duce of their own industry—or so little of the produce of any kind of industry. They are the worst cus tomers, therefore, that English producers have I What the silk-weavers, and the cotton-spinners are— the principles of free trade, if fully " carried out," would render every other class of British labourers I A free trade in corn, for instance, would in England lower the wages of labour universally one half—would double the competition in all town trades, by throw ing, perhaps, a million of agricultural labourers out of employment—would, in short, utterly destroy the va lue of all classes of labourers as customers—and would invest the moneyed classes, and the idle consumers of society, with the power of fixing what prices might seem good to them, on all the products of British in dustry. The same process which reduces a silk weaver's wages from three shillings a day to twopence halfpenny, is adding, at every moment, to the value of the millionaire's property, and to the variety of the idler's enjoyments ! Highly-paid labour, and a good home-market, constitute the only sound basis of manufacturing greatness. The same causes which beggar our labourers, render our trade insecure ! Look at this projected movement on the part of the French Government I Had our home-market been what sound policy would make it, the custom of France would be of very subordinate importance I The French Government may not be fairly blamed for this step. It is the duty of every Government to se cure employment to the labouring population under its care ; it is the duty of the French Government to pro tect French labourers from destructive competition with the labourers of England. But that which is a duty imperative on the rulers of France, ought to be felt as a duty no less imperative on the rulers of Eng land. The English Government—ought to deem it one of the most sacred of duties, to guard the English labourer from destructive competition with foreign labourers, and with machinery. Whether, in the event of the French Government carrying its intimations into effect, the unfortunate British capitalists who shall suffer from this change of financial policy, may not have a fair claim to compensation at the hands of the English Government, whose free-trade schemes have given to so large a portion of our trade its present un 1 fortunate direction—may b e a su bj ec t o f d ou b t. B ut there can be no doubt, we imagine, in the minds of those who wish to secure permanency and firmness to the commercial greatness of England, that the prin ciples of our commercial policy ought to be changed without delay.—Morning Herald. The Times, in its City article of yesterday, is pleased to refer to the proceedings of the French Government in regard to the contemplated increase of the French import duty on linen yarns, and to censure our Government for not preventing it. We understand that the Government have been far from idle on the matter : they have adopted the only course which was open to them ; they have urged the impolicy of the step, and used otherwise the strongest remonstrances ; the censures of the Times should - be passed on the blindness and inactivity of those interests in France, the silk and the wine, whiCh may be implicated in the consequences of such measures ; for it is not likely that our interests here will passively submit to be so tampered with. But whatever may be the result, the British Government have not been neglecting this bnsiness ; and we recommend the Times to learn from the merchants and manufacturers of this country what they think of its activity and zeal in behalf of their interests. It may suit the politics of the moment to turn a period against the Government at the expense of all recollection of the past, but the merchant and the manufacturer have better and more decisive proofs of its real conduct.—Morning Chronicle. We have much pleasure in directing attention to the communication of a correspondent, in reference to the improved prospects of the poor Spitalfields weavers. The self-constituted Committee, which has, so long, intercepted from their destination the subscriptions of the Queen Dowager, and of the nobility, has, at length, been shamed into a sense of duty. The pro cess of relief has commenced. The touching inci dent with which our eorrespondent's communication closes, will not be without its effect. Two individuals —father and daughter, members of the Society of Friends—have visited Spitalfields, relieved all the most Ivt etched of the sufferers, and saved many of them from death. They have withheld their names from the objects of their beneficence. When we contrast the conduct of these two Christians, with the conduct of the political economists who com pose the Committee of the Adelaide Fund, it is difficult to repress certain emotions, by no means favourable to the " philosophers." The two benevolent strangers, out of their private re sources, rescue many helpless creatures from death. The Committee of economists permit hundreds of the weavers to endure the pangs of starvation—holding in their hands, all the while, a large sum of money, the property of the body to which the poor victims be long I When the Levite and the priest, whose doings are recorded in Scripture, shrank from ministering to the distresses of the wayfarer, whom the Samaritan ultimately relieved, the extent of their offence is summed up in the words—" They passed by on the other side." But had the Levite and the priest, in stead of simply " passing by," stopped to insult the poor wayfarer, by lectures on the " imprudence" of venturing in paths frequented by thieves, and on the greater " imprudence" of carrying money about with him ;—and had the Levite and the priest been the hearers all the while of contributions for the purpose of replacing, partially at least, the wayfarer's loss in mo ney :—had these things been attributed by Scripture to the Levite and the priest—the Levite and the priest would only have been prototypes of certain philoso phical preachers in our day of " moral elevation" to the starving poor i—M orn i ng Herald. Reports of a -7— distressin g nature having been generally circulated through this city respecting the death of a woman named Frances Hill, who died in the workhouse on Tuesday last, Mr. Ilitchins was led to summon a jury to investigate the circumstances touching her death. On Thursday the jury re turned a verdict that F. Hill died from exhaustion, produced by want of food and the severity of the weather.—LincolnGazette. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1.438. ROXBURGH ELECTION COM- MITTE E. [ln conclusion from our First Edition of yesterday.] The Learned Gentleman, after a variety of other ob servations, concluded by observing, that if he proved the cave which he had stated, which he should be able to do, he would have no hesitation in calling on the Committee to declare the election for the county of Roxburgh void. Mr. Sergeant MEREWETHER said, that his Learned Friend had opened - a case which, in many particulars, was not sus tained by his petition. He, however, would meet his Learned Friend's observations when the proper time arrived. The proper custody of the poll-books was then proved, and they were given in evidenee. RettfEkvoan, the Sheriff' of the County, ii iii thE next witness Called. Ile was examined as to tin! circumstance of n inety -five electors havitia i.t l iiiressed a requisition to him call ing etl hilli t . ; ;lave the military in attendance at the election !Inn about to take place ; also as to a meeting of Magistrates having taken place in consequence, and likewise in respect to his having communicated these matters to the Lord Ad vocate. These three po;nts were objected to by the Learned Coun sel for the sitting Member, who contended that these were matters with which the Committee had nothing to do. They were met to consider whether the sitting Member had been duly elected, and not whether the Magistrates were warranted in anticipating a riot at the election. The Committee decided in each case put, that the proposed evidence could not be received. _....._...._ ..............„........_ The Committee adjourned at four o'clock until eleven this day. SALFORD ELECTION COMMITTEE. The Committee met at two o'clock yesterday, the Earl of EUSTON in the Chair. Mr. TIIESSIGER, Mr. /IMMO., 4114 Mr. WRANGIIA NI, ap peared in support of thc! Petition ; Mr. HILL, Mr. AUSTIN, and Mr, rdisrurox, for the sitting Member, Mr. Brotherton. John Oldham having been objected to on the part of the petitioner. Mr. A USTIN submitted that the objection was not properly specified, inasmuch as the number attached to the voter's name did not correspond with the number on the register, or on the poll. [lt appeared that in the printed lists the numbers did not correspond with those on the original register, which had been divided into several parts, each alphabetically arranged, for the convenience of taking the votes. Mr. TIIESSIGER contended that the printed lists were those by which the Committee ought to be guided, and that this had been the uniform practice. Mr. AUSTIN having replied, the Committee decided that the objection of the Learned Counsel must be allowed. The Petitioner's Counsel then requested the Committee to adjourn in order that they might consider what course to take, as the objection taken would probably apply to all the cases. Adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow (this) morning. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OP COMMONS, FEL 7. The SPEAKER took the chair at Four o'Clock. RATING OF SMALL TENEMENTS BILL. Mr. MARK PHILIPS presented petitions from Ashton-under-Lane and its neighbourhood, against the Bill for making the owners of small tenements liable to the rates thereon. Mr. BURROUGHES presented a similar petition, but the description of the petitioners was not heard in the gallery. Mr. T. ATTWOOD presented a petition from the Chairman and Secretary of the Birmingham Political Union against the Bill. The petitioners stated that if it were allowed to pass, it would have the effect of disfranchis ing one-third of the borough constituency. Mr. HINDE presented a petition from the borough of Preston in favour of the Bill. NEGRO SLAVERY. Mr. SANFORD presented a petition from the town of Wellington, praying for the total emancipation of the Ne groes. Sergeant TALFOURD presented a petition from the Protestant Dissenters of Birmingham to the same effect. TITHE COMPOSITION. Mr. ORMSBY GORE presented a petition from Mr. Blount, a gentleman who is concerned in the management of extensive properties, complaining of the operation of the 37th section of the Tithe Composition Act. If the average were to be taken for the preceding seven years, it would be a great hardship on such parishes in which the proceeds had been high for some time previous. The prayer of the petition was for an amendment of the clause in this respect. SHERIFFS COURTS BILL. Lord J. STUART presented a petition against the She riffs Courts (Scotland) Bill. RATES OF POSTAGE. Sir W. SOMERVILLE presented a petition from Drogheda for a reduction of the rates of postage. Mr. II'KINNON presented a petition from Messrs. Howel and James, and other tradesmen at the West. end, in favour of the Law of Patents Bill. Mr. HODGES presented a petition from 1,100 inhabi tants of a parish in Kent, in favour of the Ballot. Sergeant JACKSON presented petitions from the clergy of the Diocese of Armagh and other places, praying for protection to the Established Church. Mr. W. PATTEN presented a petition from the woollen cloth manufacturers of Lancaster, praying for the repeal of the duty on sheeps' wool and olive oil. Col. CONOLLY presented a petition from Donegal in favour of the introduction of Poor-laws into Ireland. Mr. DUFF presented a petition against the Sheriffs Courts (Scotland) Bill. Mr. O'CO NNE L L presented petitions from the Protestant Dissenters of East-street, South Shields, against Negro Apprenticeship; from against the mode of local Taxation ; from St. Ca therine's, Dublin, against Tithes ; also a petition from the same parish against the ministerial Poor Law measure ; also a petition from St. Ann's, Dublin, praying for Corpo rate Reform in Ireland ; from St. James's, Dublin, for the total Abolition of Tithes and Ministers' Money, and for the payment of the Clergy out of the Consolidated fund ; also, petitions from the same parish, in favour of the Vote by Ballot, against the Ministerial Poor Law measure for Ireland, and in favour of Municipal Reform for that country. Lord EBRINGTON brought up the report of the Committee on the Standing Orders. Mr. PENDARVES presented a petition from the Licensed Victuallers of Cornwall, praying for a repeal of the Duty on Servants, on Licences, and on Windows. Mr. WAKL EY presented petitions from Working Men's Associations in Hull, Edinburgh, Bristol, and West minster, praying the House to interfere in order to obtain a mitigation of the punishment which had been inflicted on the Gla sgow C o tt on - sp i nners, an d pray i ng f or a full inquiry into all th e p ract i ces o f T ra d es ' A ssoc i a ti o ns, which had been much maligned. ; - Mr. HUME presented a petition from South Shields, praying for an extension of the Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, and the shortening the duration of Parliaments. UPPER CANADA. Mr. HUME presented a petition agreed to at a meeting In York, Upper Canada, stating that certain measures adopted by Sir Francis Head was in violation of the Con stitution of that province ; that by the 31st of Geo. 111., chap. 31, it was required that all Acts of the Legisla ture of that province interfering with the established in stitutions should not receive the sanction of the Crown, or pass into a law, until a copy of the Act had been laid on the table of that House. The petition further stated, that a Court of Chancery had been established there, and that Sir Francis Head, instead of laying the Act establishing it on the table of that House, in order that it might receive her Majesty's sanction, had of his own accord sanctioned the Act, and therefore had, as the petitioners contended, infringed on the Constitution. The petition was signed by the Chairman on behalf of the meeting, but he believed the Chairman and those who attended the meeting had, since they signed the petition, become rebels.—(So we un derstood the Honourable Member to say.) He should, to-morrow, call the attention of the House to this petition, and move for returns connected with it, in order to shew the extent of the abuse, and the cause of discontent. Sir E. KNATCHBULL submitted that the petition could not be received, as it came from individuals whom the Hon. Member for Kilkenny himself designated as rebels. Mr. HUME-0h ! what nonsense. I never heard of such an absurd proposition in my life.—(H ear , hear; and laughter.) The petition was agreed to at a mee ti n g in August last, and represented the sentiments and opinions of the country at that time. Was it th ere f ore fi t or proper that the petition should be rejected because the person who signed it had since become a rebel? If the petition had been agreed to since those individuals joined in the revolt, the case would have been altogether different.—(Hear, hear.) Sir E. KNATCHBULL said that the Hon. Mem ber for Kilkenny was not always the most correct Member in observing the rules of the House ; but if the Hon. Mem ber knew any thing of the practice of Parliament, ho must know that a petition could only be received as the petition of the person by whom it was signed. He (Sir E. Knatchbull) submitted to the Speaker whether the petition could be received, as the Hon. Member who presented it avowed that it was the petition of a rebel.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL did not think that the petitioner should be adjudged a rebel upon the mere opinion of his Hon. Friend, the Member for Kilkenny ; hut even if a man were accused or attainted of rebellion, he should not be excluded from the right of petitioning that House. Mr. GOULBURN said that the Hon. Member who presented the petition stated that it came from rebels, and the Hon. Member for Dublin said he did not believe it, and contended that it should be received on the!ground that the gentleman presenting it was not correct in his description of the petitioners. Mr. O'CONNELL said that the Hon. Member for the University of Cambridge had entirely mistaken him. He had not said that he disbelieved the lion. Member for Kil kenny, hut that his Hon. Friend's opinion ought not to de prive the petitioner of his right. The SPEAKER put the question that the petition be received. Sir E. KNATC HBULL said he would ❑ot. press the question to a division, and the petition was accordingly received. 14UME then moved that the petition be printed with the Votes. AGLIONBY said the petition having been re• ceived ) tho House Was " funetus officio" in regard to the propriety of receiving it. Mr. HUME thought that an individual, even about to be tried, had a right to present a petition to that Howe ; and that : of this right he could not be deprived, except by his conviction.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Hume) had himself presented petitions from persons in confine ment, and even (as we understood) under sentence. The petition was then ordered to be printed. Mr. HUME gave notice that to-morrow he would move for a return of the titles of Acts passed by the Legislature of Upper Canada since Governor Sir F. Head had arrived in that province, and which, by the Act of 31 Gco. ought to have been laid before Parliament previous to their receiving the Royal Assent, specifying the dates of their receiving such assent without having been so laid before Parliament. POST OFFICE REFORM. Captain Pol:l4lll.p;e;:nTeia petition from Bedford, praying for a reform in the Post Office department, ac cording to Mr. Rowland Hill's plan. LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAY BILL. Mr. WOLVERLEY --- ATTVOOD brought up the London and Greenwich Railway Amendment Bill, which was read a first time. Mr. AGLIONBY presented two petitions from places in the Western Division of the county of Cumberland, on the subject of Negro Slavery. The petitioners did not so much complain of the grant, as that it had been imperative, and they prayed the House to take measures to render it effective. The Honourable Member than presented a petition from Cockermouth, signed by 300 p ersons in favour of the Ballot. Mr. C. BULLER moved that the Order of the Day for the report of the Committee on the Controverted Elections Bill be read, for the purpose of postponing it to that day week. After a few words from Sir E. SUGD2N the motion was agreed to. RATING SMALL TENEMENTS. Sir H. VERNEY postponed the second reading of the Rating of Small Tenements Bill till after Easter.—(Hear.) Sir E. KNATCHBULL suggested that the second reading of the Bill should be taken without discussion, and then refer it to a"Select Committee. Lord J. RUSSELL thought that the more convenient course was that which his Hon. Friend behind him (Sir H. Verney) had proposed. Lord G. SOMERSET thought it would be better to take the second reading now, and postpone the discussion till the Committee. Mr. PRYME though the Bill so exceptionable that no modification it could receive in Committee would make it good. Captain PECHELL was of opinion that it should go to a second reading at once, for it was quite certain that it would never pass into a law. Mr. PHILIPS thought it should be referred, together with the Bill of the Hon. Member for Coekermouth (Mr. Aglionby), for the Recovery of the Possession of Tene ments, to a Select Committee. Mr. BRISCOE had read the Bill, and from the begin ning to the end there was not a clause he could support. He objected to the Bill • altogether, and thought referring it to a Select Committee of little use, yet he would not so far object to its being sent into Committee as to divide the House. He thought the Government ought to take the r esponsibility upon themselves of such a measure, and not leave it to any private Member. Lord SANDON rose for the purpose of ascertaining from the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he would move the Committee, or leave it in the hands of the Hon. Baronet. He hoped the Government would take it into their own hands, and that by so doing the House would not be obliged to pledge itself to the principles of the Bill. Mr. WAK LEY expressed a similar wish. Mr. AGLIONBY said the principles and details of his Bill for the recovery of possession of tenements had no con nection or parallel with that before the House ; but if the Government would take them up he had no objection to its going with it before a Select Committee. Mr: SANFORD hoped his Hon. Friend the Member for Buckingham would adopt the suggestion which had been thrown out, and consent to the Bill being referred to the Committee. After a few words from Mr. BAINES, Lord J. RUSSELL said he was aware it was an unplea sant matter for the Government to interfere with. It was said, on one hand, that by the enactments of the Bill the occupiers of small tenements ire the country would be re lieved ; while, on the other hand, the occupiers in large towns, if it passed in its present shape, would be subjected to considerable hardship. He would consent to move the Committee, and engage that some Member of the Govern ment should be placed upon it, but further than that he would not undertake. Sir R. PEEL trusted that when the Committee would be appointed the Members would feel it their duty to con clude their labours as soon as possible. Postponed until after Easter. The Common Fields Improvement Bill was read a second time. On the motion of Sir M. WOOD the Hackney Car riages Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted on Monday. Mr. MACKINNO'N moved the postponement of his Patterns and Inventions Bill to that day fortnight. BANKING COPARTNERSHIP BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the second reading of this Bill. Sir E. SUGDEN objected to the clause which had re ferenc eto law costs, as not sufficiently providing for those who had already commenced proceedings. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL understood that his Right Hon. Friend concurred generally in the Bill, and could assure him that any suggestion he might make in Committee would receive the fullest consideration. Ordered to be committed to-morrow (this day). LAW OF LIBEL BILL. Mr. O'CONNELL moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Law of Libel and Slander. He had twice before brought in similar measures, to which there were found objections. He had framed this in such a way that, as all sides of the House were agreed upon the necessity of such a Bill, it might pass. He understood it was not the intention of the Attorney-General to offer any opposition to his bringing it in.—Leave given. In answer to a question from Mr. HERRIES, Lord J. RUSSELL said it was his intention to more the committal of the Irish Poor-law Bill first on Friday next, and then to go into a Committee of Supply. Lord J. RUSSELL, in answering a question put to him by Mr. Maclean, on the subject of Canada, the pur port of which we could not catch, said he wished to correct a misunderstanding of some words which he had used a few nights back in replying to some observations of the Hon. Member for Kilkenny. The Hon. Member had asked if instruction would be given to Sir John Colborne to exer cise the functions bestowed by the Bill upon Lord Dur ham, previous to the arrival of that Noble Lord in the Colonies, to which he (Lord J. Russell) had replied in the affirmative. The misunderstanding which be wished to correct was, that his answer implied an assent, with certain reasons given by the Hon. Member in asking the question of Sir John Colborne's removal from the Government of Upper Canada. He (Lord J. Russell) had not assented awareto tt o se of r e a a n s y o n t s i; n a g n d far from d , ero gato admitting ryto he character t n h was not at gallant officer. The House then adjourned. A serious accident occurred on Tuesday to the London mail while crossing the Dalkeith railway. It appears that th e guard had as usual at that point of the r oa d, bl own his horn, in order that the railway might be clear while the coach passed. This warning had, however, been neglected by the attendants on a train of coal waggons, and the result was a f r ightful collision, in which one of the leading horses was killed on the spot, and the other so seriously injured that it died shortly after its arrival in town. Fortunately no other i n j ur y was done, except that the pole was broken, and the coach otherwise damaged.— Glasgow Courier. FRANKFORT, JAN. M.—Nothing but fires We had scarcely heard the particulars of the burning of the chateau of l'rinco Ernest of Coburg Gotha, where the Duke Alexander and his young French bride were lodging, whe n w e now learn the destruction of Baron Cotta's printing esta blishment, or rather his foundry of types, at Stutgard. For tunately his bureaus were in the centre of the town, whilst the type-foundry was near the gates. The King came to the spot, and directed the efforts which soon got the fire under ; but the water did almost as much harm to the books. The Austrian Government, at the desire of Prussia, has offered Archbishop Droste an archbishopric in Austria; but the old prelate is obstinate, and refuses. Louis Phillippe has much exerted himself in this affair, but he is powerless at Rome. His efforts on the side of Belgium have, however, greatly con ciliated the good feelings of the Prussian Cabinet. The rail road from the Rhino to the Weser has been given up, and the company dissolved. NOVEL SPORTING.--A great number of eels were killed last week in the pond near the road to The Brook, near Liverpool, in a way that is not very common. Holes were cut in the ice, to which the eels came to breathe, when they were shot with guns. A large basketful was taken in this manner. LAW INTELLIGENCE, COURT OP CIIANCERY, FRB 7. nooTn v. LETCEsTktc. In this Mid, %Ode!) svas being argued by Counsel ycMcrday, when we quitted the Court, the Loup CumseELLort postponed his judgtnent s until he bad an opportunity of examining the Cases cited in the course of the argument. COURT OP QU'Er;:_N'S 13ENCI7, FEB. 7. PRiCHARD V. TAYLOS. Sir F. POLLOCK stated flLtt this was an acil:xn brought to reeoYet the sum of 2i. claimed by the plaintiff as due tai him. In 182t1 the plaintiff was tomirrt to be father of sin )116T -inmate child which had become chargeable to the parish of tin's-in-the-Fields, and he was called upon to pity a sum of money for Its support. He did pay a weekly sum for above three years, but in 1833 he was about to be married, and, na turally wishing to get rid of any future claim upon him, he applied to the defendant, who was one of the overs':ers of the parish, to fit ft sum of money tht:t would be taken by the parish at an indemnity for the expenses of the future ina'n. tenanee of the child. The cute of 40!. was At first demanded, hut finally it Was agreed that the plaintiff should pay 251., and the parish officers then agreed to indemnify him, He pail the money, and in about three months afterwards the child died. lie then applied to the parish officer to have the ba lance restored to him, but his application was refused, the offi cer contending that he had no tight to the balance. in that opinion they were mistaken. So long ago as 1523 the Court had held that such contracts between parishes and the puta tive fathers of illegitimate children were illegal, Lord Ellen borough observing that " by means of such a security as this the parish officers acquired an interest that the child should live as short a time as possible." That doctrine had been up held in a great many subsequent cases ; and in Trinity Term last year was expressly recognised and acted on in a case in the Court of Exchequer. Under these circumstances he should merely prove the payment of the money and the death of the child, and should then be entitled to a verdict. This proof having been given, Mr. BUTT addressed the jury for the defendant.—Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 221. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, TAB. 7. JONES V. HEATON AND OTHERS. In this case, which was not concluded yesterday when we went to press, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. PREROGATIVE COURT, F. 7. KOSTER V. El APTE•••••JUDG The arguments in this case were heard in the second so lion, and the material facts have already been fully reported. The question related to the grant of a probate to the repro tentative of Mrs. Martha Sapte, a natural-born subject of the Tuscan States, who died at Leghorn in April, 1811. A peti tion was offered to the Court to revoke the probate granted to Mr. Sapte, a nephew of the deceased, for the purpose of ad ministering to the effects of the deceased in this country, which were of the value of about 3,000/., invested in the Navy Five per Cents. and South Sea Stock. The ground for dis turbing the grant, which has existed for twenty-two years, was that the material fact had been withheld from the Court, that the will of Mrs. Martha Sapte had been annulled by the Courts of Tuscany under the provision of the Berlin and Milan decrees, by which legacies domiciled in this country were null and void. The petition was opposed on behalf of Mr. Koster, who is interested in obtaining the revocation of the grant of administration. Sir HERBERT JENNER gave judgment to-day, and, after re ferring to the main facts of the case, stated that the Court must pronounce in favour of the protest, dismiss the party cited, and condemn the other side in costs to the extent of the security given (501.), should they amount to that sum. GOOSE AND OTHERS V. BROWNE.—.JUDGMENT. This was a suit relative to the validity of the last will of Mr. John Anderson, who died in March, 1837. The will was dated the 4th of March, and the question was raised as to its validity chiefly on the ground that the instructions were given for it to the solicitor who drew it by a party who was interested in it. The deceased amassed his property by the cultivation of herbs for physical purposes, and the paper now propounded was in comformity in many respects with those he had previously executed. Sir HERBERT JENNER, considering the will to be established as the act of a capable testator, pronounced in favour of it. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Yesterday Louisa Talbot, alias the Hon. Mrs. Talbot, was indicted for obtaining two pair of silver knife rests, value Bs., under false pretences, the property of Robert Merchant. —G uilty. A very respectable looking man, who stated himself to be the brother of the prisoner, and Mr. Kennel!, late of Oxford terrace, whose wife the prisoner represented herself to be when she obtained the knife-rests of Mr. Marchant, after wards had a long private conversation with the chairman, and asserted that she was not the person the Chairman sup posed her to be. The prisoner, who was dressed in a splen did cloak, bonnet, &c., kept her face covered during the whole of the trial. It was admitted by her Counsel that her name was not Talbot. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HOUSE. A man of respectable appearance, named Phillips, was brought before the LORD MAYOR charged with having com mitted several very extensive forgeries. Mr. Bush, the soli citor to the committee of bankers for protection against for geries and frauds, attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Hum phries for the prisoner. After hearing evidence, the LOkD MAYOR remanded the prisoner. BOW-STREET. Edward Jones, who was taken into custody sometime ago for having in his possession a small iron box, containing 70 sovereigns, which he could not give a proper account of, was brought up yesterday for final examination, and committed for two months in the House of Correction. HATTON GARDEN. Yesterday Noah Head alias Rade, Joseph Noel, and Louis Noel, was finally examined, charged with various acts of swindling, when the office was excessively crowded. Mr. Reading, coachmaker, of Mortimer-street, Cavendish square, stated that in the early part of last year the prisoner was acting in the pretended capacity of butler, footman, and coachman, to a swindler passing by the high-sounding title of Colonel Frederick Pouless de Essetenne, who practised the most extensive swindling transactions all over the town dur ing the last five years. In 1833 and 1834 he resided in King-street, Portman-square, afterwards in Old Burlington street, then in North -crescent, Bedford-square, and subse quently in Dorset-street, Salisbury-square, in the rules of the Fleet, and lastly at Norman Villa, Fulham, where he took a splendidly furnished house of Mr. Carter, at 2001. per annum, and referred to a solicitor of Gray's Inn-square who gave him a most respectable character, and represented that he was fully competent to pay the rent, &c. On getting possession of the house his next step was to get a carriage and pair of horses; the carriage being one of the most elegant description, was obtained from him (Mr. Reading), on having been referred to his solicitor. The Colonel spoke very largely of his intimacy with the nobility, and also referred to Prince Esterhazy, Count D'Orsay, and other distinguished foreigners, to whom, lie said, he was intimately known, but that he would not apply to any other person before he called upon Mr. King, being reluctant, he said, to trouble his private friends, as he bad no doubt Mr. King's reference would prove perfectly satisfactory. He (Mr. Reading) ap plied to Mr. King, and feeling satisfied Is ith what he said he parted with the carriage. A pair of horses and harness were also obtained from Mr. Wilkinson, a livery-stable keeper, of Portman-mews, Portman-square, by the prisoner, when the Colonel was driven about by him in splendour, an the grand appearance of his equipage lulled everything l* suspicion, and the tradesmen of respectability were victimised withim punity. Having discovered that the Colonel was a swindler, he determined on getting hack the property by force, and he employed several persons, who proceeded to the residence of the Colonel, and lie succeeded in getting back the carriage. He obtained another carriage from Messrs. Marks, of Lang ham-place, and after robbing the house at Norman Villa, Fulham, and pledging the articles, he, with his gang, ab sconded, it is said, to France. Thornton, 53 11, had traced numerous parties who had been swindled, in conjunction with a fellow named Chapman, who acted as servant to the Colonel. Mr. ROGERS said that he would remand the prisoner for another week, to give the parties an opportunity of bringing forward evidence to establish their cases, and he directed the officers to use every exertion during the time. The prisoner was then taken from the bar. The police have been active in their inquiries to trace the Colonel, but without avail. MARLBORO UGH. STREET. .111 r. Edward Cartwright, was brought before Mr. Di Eli, charged with having created a disturbance at No. 12, Great Ryder-street. In defence, the defendant said the house belonged to his wife, and he thought he had a right to go to the place if ho thought fit. Bail was tendered, and the defendant vas discharged. COMBINATION.---The Catholic Archbishop Mur ray has published an address to th e operat i ves o f Du bli n. I t comm ences thus :—lt is now a m a tt er o f pu bli c an d pa i n f u l no t o riety, that crimes of a most atrocious character have been openly imputed to certain sections (I believe small ones) of one of the most valuable classes of men of which our commu nity is formed—the w or ki ng tradesmen of Dubl i n. Of this ex t en s;ve and important class, composed of members of all religious persuasions, you are kn own t o con stitute a consi derable portion. Whether or not those accusations can be fully sustained, if so, wheth er th e i n f a t ua ted individuals who would wo s u t l a d in b e, or, be capable of such atrocities, take the trouble of professing any outward form of religion, I do not now stop to examine ; but the mere possibility that any of you should be seduced, by persuasion or example, into aline of conduct that would be disgraceful to your religion, and ruinous to your sal vation, has given a fresh impulse to my solicitude for your happiness, and moved me to caution you, with all the earnest ness and affection of a parent, against giving the least coun tenance to any system (how advantageous soever it may ap pear) that would lead to cr i mes suc h as th ose to which public allusion has been made. WEATHER•SBERS.—From Mr. Murphy's state ment we shall have very little frost in February, except on the Ist, 17th, IBth, 19th, 25th, and 26th ; whilst Atkinson's table intimates that the frost will continue to the 24th of that month, and then we shall have some heavy snow. PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO THE BISHOP OF NORWICH. On Thursday last the village of Alderley was a scone of much en'itement and gaiety, and the circumstances con nected with it will not soon be forgotten by the parishioners. It was on the occwdon of presenting a piece of plate to their late respected Rector, the Rev. E. Stanley (now Dr. Stanley, the Bishop of Norwich). The school-room chosen for the ceremony was decorated in d very tasteful man ner, tinder the direction of Mr. and Mrs. Bagaley ; the walls were adorned with laurel and ivy, whilst from the beams which supported the roof were suspended fes toons and garlands constructed from the foliage of ever greens,. The interior, upon entering, presented to the ima gination a grotto teeming with vernal clothing, and pro duced a striking contrast to the hoary aspect of the country without. A flag was " floating in the breeze" from the steeple of the parish Church, the bells of which rang merrily during the day. The trees in the vicinity of the school %%ere decorated with flags and banners, and as the villagers wended their way to the scene of attraction, a stranger might con clude, from their cleanly attire, and the expression of satisfac tion depicted in each countenance, that some matter of local importance was about to he transacted, and of a nature that want home to the heart's of all. . 1 he piece of plate, which was of elegant and exquisite workmanship, consisted of an inkstand of two square glasses mounted on a frame of solid sifter, with carved edges and claws. On one end the arms of the Bishop of Norwich were engraved, the Stanley arms at the other, and a mitre fixed in the centre, and a large handsome silver salver of circular form, with carved edges, and centre, the gift of Sir J. I'. Stanley and family, was also exhibited in the room, both bearing suit able inscriptions. The inkstand and dish was presented by Mr. Walker, ac companied by a nest address, which called forth from his Lordship a feeling and impressive reply, for which we regret we cannot find space. At the conclusion of his Lordship's speech, the parishioners formed in procession, and accompa nied the Bishop to the precincts of the rectory, and there, after giving three cheers, and one cheer more for the Bishop and his lady, and three cheers for the Rev. Mr. Bell, the late curate of Alderley, separated, highly pleased with the occur rences of the day. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrival.--Feb. 3, the Huddersfield, Hall, from Bombay,. At Liverpool, sailed Sept. 25, and from St. Helena Oct. I. Arrival at Bahia.—The Siam, Boadle, Nov. 23, from Lon don, and sailed Nov. 27 for New South Wales. Arrival at Table Bay ( Cape of Good Hope. )—The Packet Schirling, Nov. 21, from London and Falmouth. The Rapid, Head, from Bombay to Liverpool, has put into Castletown, leaky, and damaged in sails, rigging, &c. Passengers per Perfect, Snell, from Bengal (expected)- - • Mrs. and Capt. Orr, Dr. Birt And Mr. Check. Passengers per Coromandel, Dixon (late Boyes), front Bengal (expected)—Mrs. Colonel Peckett, Mrs. Colonel Cramer, Mrs. Dallas, Mrs. Fitzgerald And child, Mrs. Bates and child, Mrs. Place and two children, Miss Beckwith, Lieut.- Colonel Cramer, of her Majesty's 62d Regiment; Capt. Cotton, 67th Regiment, N. I. ; Lieut. Hudson, 67th Regiment ; Licut. Fitzgerald, Artillery ; Lieut. Brook, 3lst Regiment; Ensign M'Matson, 44th Regiment; Dr. Agnew; William Bales, Esq. ; Master Bray. Passengers per Queen Mab, Captain Ireland, from blengal (expected)--Mrs. Webb and child, Rev. Mr. Webb, Mr. Lees. Passengers per Minerva, Ireland, from Madras (expected,- -- ' Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Cherry, Mrs. Rowlandsonf Mrs. Baylis, Mr. Heath, Brigadier 11. G. A. Taylor, 11. Viveash, - Esq., Civil Service ; Oude Viveash, Esq., Attorney at-Law ; Robert Eden, Esq., Civil Service ; Captain f • Straton, Bth Light Cavalry; Captain J. Baylis, Nat. Vet' Bat. ; E. B. Elton, Esq., Civil Service ; M. Heath, Esq. ; Licut. H. Mann, 49th Regiment Native Infantry ; Lieut. fl• G. Wade, Artillery; Lieut. T. L. Place, 44th Regiment Native Infantry; Limit. A. M'Leod, her Majesty's 62d Regi ment ; Lieut. E. W. Lascelles, Lieuts. D. A. Court Brief C. Leagram, H. W. Mayce, A. H. S. Young, Basel Grey , R. Spring, and J. J. Oakley, her Majesty's 45th Regiment; Ensigns H. Creighley, Mounsell, Blenkinsoppp, and J. q. Cuff; Assistant Surgeon Hunter, Mr. Middleton, and 13 pri vates her Majesty's 45th Regiment, and nine children. EFFECTS OF PASSION.—Mr. Caines held an ill' quest on Thursday last, in this town, on the body of Elizabet h Stroud, who come by her death from the following circus' stance ; on Sunday week last, her husband, George Stroud , a leather parer, was cleaning his half-boots, and took a pio. of a candle for the purpose of greasing them, to which his° wife objected, and which caused words between them, rib,el, Stroud (who is a man of a very passionate temper,) struck PI wife a heavy blow, with the boot, on the head, and as there ! was a stout iron clamp on the heel, her head was cut in i s shocking manner; the poor woman suffered much the whole the week from the effects of the blow, and on Sunday la s she became very seriously ill ; William Tomkins, Bsq., geon, was called in, and after examining the poor woman ° head, predicted that it would cause a locked jaw, which unf° °- tunately proved too true, and the poor creature died on I\l° ° ,; day, after enduring the most excruciating agonies; a ni°' respectable jury was summoned (for which Patten the cote stable was highly commended by the Coroner,) who after patient investigation of the case, returned a verdict of ins"; slaughter against the husband, who was immediately committed by the Coroner.—Somerset County Gazette. An absurd story has been the round of the going tnvn papers, that a young woman was seen floating past the of Woolwich on the ice, that she was afterwards seen be t° , Snr7 Greenhithe a lifeless corpse, and that her body has be e r floating up and down the river for three weeks, with binds prey (we never heard of them before on the Thames) feec o4 upon it. A similar rumour was in circulation a fortnight ago S • P and we then gave no credence to it. Subsequent inqu iries have satisfied us that, like the sea-serpent of the Americaqt; it has no foundation except in the inventive brains of cer tain " accident makers," and the credulous fancies of old women and children, ever ready to believe in anything bordering ° the marvellous. We understand that a large ice-berg , „ on which a quantity of soot had been thrown, was mist ake : for a whale a few days ago, and it was reported that the hug; fish had been captured by the Thames watermen, and th e blubber divided among them. They would like such a Pri z just now very much. COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.—The first eve& pg a meeting for the season of the College of Physician was bel on Monday evening in the great room of the college in Tr a c i falgar-square. A more crowded attendance of members O visiters has, perhaps, never occurred. Every part of the ro om and of the ante-room was filled to suffocation. Sir 1 - 10 10 Halford, the president, was supported, on the right and left 11 a strong muster of the nobility, clergy, members of the leg al and medical professions, and scientific and literary in ell " Amongst them his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridg e ' the Duke of 'Wellington, the Marquis of Abercorn, Lord Fi t ' gerald, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Lond ° A ° ' the Chief Justice of th e C om mon Pleas, Sir Lancelot 5 1 '4 1-- well, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Justice Park, Baron Bolland, P; ron Gurney, Mr. J u sti ce P a tt es o n , &c., together with a b es of Members of Parliament. The president read a paper, re t ; commending in eloquent terms, the uniting of medical wife theological knowledge in the attainments of missionaries to tnitu eastern nations, and pointing out the great advantages Trill e d would result from such a connection. From the very crowd e d state of the room it was exceedingly difficult for those w" were not in the immediate vicinity of the chair to hear th e whole of this very able paper. The reader was understood tr say, that great progress had been made in China and otlle Asiatic countries, in the healing art by the energy of the mis sionaries, and that vaccinati o n and other European impr°°e in ments medicine had been introduced by their instruroe nta i lity. Sir Henry also took a view of the state of nation s physiology and pathology of science, as understood in Chin ° ' and pointed out the absurdities of the system of the n i % tives. At the conclusio n o f th e d e li ver y o f thi s p a per ta company began to depart. His Grace the Duke of Welling' ton was cheered by the company as he quitted the room. SUICIDE OF A WIDOW LADY.--Yesterday' - Coroner's inquest was holden before Mr. Payne, at the 13In es coat Boy, at Lant-street, Southwark, on the body of a wido ° , lady named Close, about sixty y e ars o f age, who hung hera ell with a card. Mrs. Louisa Norman, No. 30, Lant-stre ct, only knew the deceased by the name of Close, who had beel her lodger about 19 weeks. Witness believed that she woo; a trifling sum of money by stay-making. On Thursday le! witness saw her for the last time alive, about eleven o'clock 15J the morning, when she complained of being poorly, and sa l that she would go and lie down in bed. The next day, as she had not seen the deceased, she went up to her room, Irhe she found her suspended from a hook in the ceiling by a roP e " The body, which was stiff and cold, was instantly cut dovo,' the vans a parochial surgeon, attended, who stated that lii e f had been extinct 24 hours. By the Jury—l knew nothing ' 3 the deceased. She was a very steady woman. She co plained of not having any work to do. Her manners 311 , appearance were highly respectable. The inquest was journed to six o'clock that day. SETS OF PLATED DISH COVERS, WIT -14 STRONG SILVER EDGES, may b e se l ec t e d o f vario P, Patterns, price 16/. the Set, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Work" Goldsmith, Silversmith, and Watchmak er , 47, C orn hill, Lon d, (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street). The Set consists of cover 20, 18, 14, and 12 inches diameter. lot N.B.—The three Show Ro oms conta i n a l arge var i e t y o f suPer of Silver-edged Plated Goods. A Pamphlet, containing a List Prices and Drawings of Silver Spoons and Forks, Silver PIM; Plated Goods, Watche s , Cl oc k s, & c., may b e h a d grat i s, or will forwarded in answer to a post-paid application. BIRTHS. On the 29th ult., Emma, the wife of Wm. White, Ecq., sur geon, of Ileathfield, Sussex, of a son. On the sth of August last, at Sydney, New South Wales' thg lady of W. M. Manning, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a son. On the ad i ns t., at Starlets, B erks, the lady of the Rev . •1 - Austen Leigh, of a daughter. MARRIED. ett , On the 13th ult., at St. Margaret's Church, Mr. John Wil.rn eldest so n o f M r. J o h n Willmett, solicitor, late of Rochester, '- Eliza, eldest daughter of the late Mr. G. Crispe, bresier, of Sot' ton Valence, Kent. DIED. On the 31 s t ult., in Smith-street, Chelsea, Wm. Blake, E g g" aged 57, third and youngest son of the late Sir F. Blake, Bart' • On the sth i ns t., i n Ed geware - roa d, A n d rew Todd, Esq., ' 3 his 74th year. On the 6th i ns t., Willi am , secon d son o f E . O xen f or d, EVI, of Alecklenburgh- square. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the county of Middlesex.—Thursday, February 8, 1838.